Down Club Hurling & Football

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Truth hurts

Quote from: thewobbler on January 11, 2022, 01:21:40 PM
There's a few players named in tonight's team who, for the good of everyone involved in Down football, could do with a "thank you for your services" letter. It must be nullifying for younger players to waltz around them in training, to watch them start.

How would you know they waltz around them in training? I think its great we have experienced campaigners in the squad

Truth hurts

Also James in giving plenty of lads chances and a good mix from throughout the county. Great to see Carryduff and Bredagh players representing the county. This can only benefit us going forward as East Down clubs were generally forgotten about for years.

wobbller

Quote from: Truth hurts on January 11, 2022, 01:39:21 PM
Also James in giving plenty of lads chances and a good mix from throughout the county. Great to see Carryduff and Bredagh players representing the county. This can only benefit us going forward as East Down clubs were generally forgotten about for years.
And here WE go again ZZZZZZ!!!.Who exactly was forgotten about for years.Name three players to back up your thinking.

Lloyd p

With the two squads that have been named so far, add in 4 or 5 at least from kilcoo and maybe some others that haven't been named yet, I think there is more than enough talent and good players for Down to build a successful team and have a good year and beyond. Real signs for optimism imo.

whitegoodman

Quote from: thewobbler on January 11, 2022, 01:21:40 PM
There's a few players named in tonight's team who, for the good of everyone involved in Down football, could do with a "thank you for your services" letter. It must be nullifying for younger players to waltz around them in training, to watch them start.

I would normally agree with you on this sort of thing but I would make 2 points on this.  1) All of last years panel was asked back due to the management being appointed so late in the year and the limited time for trials and the management seeing any of the club championship. 2)  Some of the younger lads are out this week because of the Sigerson and obviously the Kilcoo contingent so the management may have been limited in what they could do in terms of selection.

If some of those guys are still starting by the end of the league then I would be fully in agreement with you.

Truth hurts

Quote from: wobbller on January 11, 2022, 01:47:56 PM
Quote from: Truth hurts on January 11, 2022, 01:39:21 PM
Also James in giving plenty of lads chances and a good mix from throughout the county. Great to see Carryduff and Bredagh players representing the county. This can only benefit us going forward as East Down clubs were generally forgotten about for years.
And here WE go again ZZZZZZ!!!.Who exactly was forgotten about for years.Name three players to back up your thinking.

Danny Savage, Donal Kennedy and Donal Hughes, do you want me to continue

wobbller

Quote from: Truth hurts on January 11, 2022, 01:59:03 PM
Quote from: wobbller on January 11, 2022, 01:47:56 PM
Quote from: Truth hurts on January 11, 2022, 01:39:21 PM
Also James in giving plenty of lads chances and a good mix from throughout the county. Great to see Carryduff and Bredagh players representing the county. This can only benefit us going forward as East Down clubs were generally forgotten about for years.
And here WE go again ZZZZZZ!!!.Who exactly was forgotten about for years.Name three players to back up your thinking.

Danny Savage, Donal Kennedy and Donal Hughes, do you want me to continue
Danny Savage came on as a Sub last year v Donegal in the Championship- not a County footballer really.Donal Hughes has never fully committed to the Football sie of things but a good servant of Down Hurling. Donal Kennedy I haven't a clue who he is.

wobbller

Quote from: Truth hurts on January 11, 2022, 01:59:03 PM
Quote from: wobbller on January 11, 2022, 01:47:56 PM
Quote from: Truth hurts on January 11, 2022, 01:39:21 PM
Also James in giving plenty of lads chances and a good mix from throughout the county. Great to see Carryduff and Bredagh players representing the county. This can only benefit us going forward as East Down clubs were generally forgotten about for years.
And here WE go again ZZZZZZ!!!.Who exactly was forgotten about for years.Name three players to back up your thinking.

Danny Savage, Donal Kennedy and Donal Hughes, do you want me to continue
Ps. Please continue...

thewobbler

Donal Kennedy would have been Drumaness' key forward around the 2005-2015 kind of time, when South Down lads got precedence because of where they were born.

wobbller

Quote from: thewobbler on January 11, 2022, 02:38:05 PM
Donal Kennedy would have been Drumaness' key forward around the 2005-2015 kind of time, when South Down lads got precedence because of where they were born.
That's a while ago and really does back up truth hurts assertion that there is indeed a conspiracy.Lets have a Tribunal!

manwithnoplan

Quote from: thewobbler on January 11, 2022, 02:38:05 PM
Donal Kennedy would have been Drumaness' key forward around the 2005-2015 kind of time, when South Down lads got precedence because of where they were born.

He was an excellent club player, maybe could have been given a shot but hard to be confident he would have made the leap to county. We will never know....

Truth hurts

Quote from: wobbller on January 11, 2022, 02:34:49 PM
Quote from: Truth hurts on January 11, 2022, 01:59:03 PM
Quote from: wobbller on January 11, 2022, 01:47:56 PM
Quote from: Truth hurts on January 11, 2022, 01:39:21 PM
Also James in giving plenty of lads chances and a good mix from throughout the county. Great to see Carryduff and Bredagh players representing the county. This can only benefit us going forward as East Down clubs were generally forgotten about for years.
And here WE go again ZZZZZZ!!!.Who exactly was forgotten about for years.Name three players to back up your thinking.

Danny Savage, Donal Kennedy and Donal Hughes, do you want me to continue
Ps. Please continue...

Liam Lennon, Mal Magee, Chris Brannigan, Peter Telford, Aidy Burns would have been on the county panel if they were from Burren back in the day.

thewobbler

In summary:

Take any above average club player over the past 2 decades, who didn't go to become a Down senior football regular.

If from South Down, proceed.

If from East Down, disregard interest levels, disregard passion for Down, disregard consistency, disregard any required physical attributes, disregard number of opportunities given vs number of opportunities taken, and most of all disregard competition for jerseys. Truth is you've been shat upon because of where you're from. You never stood a chance.

wobbller

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Quote from: thewobbler on January 11, 2022, 03:08:05 PM
In summary:

Take any above average club player over the past 2 decades, who didn't go to become a Down senior football regular.

If from South Down, proceed.

If from East Down, disregard interest levels, disregard passion for Down, disregard consistency, disregard any required physical attributes, disregard number of opportunities given vs number of opportunities taken, and most of all disregard competition for jerseys. Truth is you've been shat upon because of where you're from. You never stood a chance.
God bless the poor downtrodden castaways from that part of Down over years.Interestingly I see 9 players starting from that part of Down starting this evening.It'll have to be an historical Tribunal then.

Truth hurts

Quote from: thewobbler on January 11, 2022, 03:08:05 PM
In summary:

Take any above average club player over the past 2 decades, who didn't go to become a Down senior football regular.

If from South Down, proceed.

If from East Down, disregard interest levels, disregard passion for Down, disregard consistency, disregard any required physical attributes, disregard number of opportunities given vs number of opportunities taken, and most of all disregard competition for jerseys. Truth is you've been shat upon because of where you're from. You never stood a chance.

The wobbler : The south Down official spokesman has spoken.